Fathers Day card

This is a sneak peak at a new stamp set that is coming out in the 2012-2013 catalogue starting 1 September 2012.  It is called World's Greatest.

This stamp can be used in so many ways and combined with so many other images from your stash.  I have made this card for my Dad who has survived a fairly difficult year health wise but is rolling along really well now.

I have used a retiring colour Concord Crush (which is a rich purple colour) for this card.  I must say, I am sorry to see this colour go as it is great for both male and female cards.

More about the new catalogue soon.

September Stamp-A-Stack

September sees the start of my Christmas Stamp-A-Stack (SAS) series.  Over the next three months I will run a series of workshops where you will be able to make 8 Christmas cards on each occasion.  In December I will be offering a SAS with a difference where we will be making Christmas gift tags.

The first of these SASs will be held on Saturday 8 September starting and 2.00 pm.  We will be making 8 cards (2 cards of each variety) using stamp sets that are continuing on in the new 2012-2013 catalogue (available as of 1 September 2012).

The first card uses the ornament image and matching ornament punch from the Tags til Christmas set and the second card uses images from the Merry and Type stamp set.

The cost of this SAS will be $20.00 which covers materials for 8 cards with matching envelopes and afternoon tea.

If you are interested in joining this workshop please contact me by email or phone (04111 57969).

Framelits and French Foliage

I have not had a lot of time to get into my craftroom lately but I finally made time to play with the Framelits I bought from the last mini catalogue.  I used them to make this "Z fold" card which I think worked quite well.  These cards are an interesting twist on a regular card where you score the front of the card down the middle and fold it back on itself.  You can then create an overlapping image using cut out shapes or just plain squares and rectangles.


For this card I layered different sized framelit shapes to create the overlapping image.  I used the French Foliage stamp set and the faux mother of pearl technique on the front image.  All this combined with some DSP and I had an interesting folded card. 

I still have some spare spaces in my next Stamp-A-Stack.  If you are interested please contact me.  Details for this workshop are below.

The next Stamp-A-Stack will be held on Saturday 21 July starting at 2.00 pm. As per all SAS's we will be making 8 cards, 4 each of two different designs. I have included images of the cards we will be making here.

The first design uses an old favourite stamp set called Circle Circus. The other design uses a stamp set called Flower Fest which is new to this year's catalogue.

If you are interested in joining me on Saturday 21 July to make these cards please send me an email and I will add your name to the list.

Cost of the SAS is $20.00 which includes all materials to make 8 cards and matching envelopes as well as a light refreshments.

Faux Mother of Pearl

This week I have also been playing with the Faux Mother of Pearl technique.  This uses Frost White Shimmer Paint and some glad wrap.

I have three examples to show you here.  The first stamps from the Established Elements stamp set and the other two use stamps from the Nature Walk stamp set.

I will be teaching this technique at my next Stamp Club gathering on Saturday 4 August for my ongoing Stamp Club members.  If you are not in this group but would be interested in finding out more about this technique please contact me and I will offer this as a technique class later in the year.

Using embossing folders

I decided the other day to google and see if I could find different ways to using the various embossing folders I own.  I found so many ideas to try that I was almost completely overwhelmed.  Here are my fist two finds.

The first is pressed embossing where I have punched circles of various sizes and stuck them onto a piece of Poppy Parade cardstock.  I have then run the whole piece through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and there you have it.  A bit of trim and a sentiment from Happiest Birthday Wishes and I had made a great card.




The second card is amazing.  I CASed it from an American demonstrator but then I couldn't find her name on my second search.  A similar card is also in the latest Mini catalogue.  This is so simple, first I punched out the shape in a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Then, using small stamps (flowers, flourishes & circles in this case) I stamped around the edge of the punched hole.  Once it wass stamped, I sent it through the Big Shot in the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder.  I then stamped the sentiment on the piece of punched out cardstock.  I put the embossed layer on the card using plenty of dimensionals and then put the sentiment on the card base through the window.

As I said, these are the first two cards of a list a mile long of new ideas I have found.  I will be making these cards at my August Stamp-A-Stack so keep an eye out for the date.

Baby cards

One of my Stamp Club girls had a baby boy, Patrick, recently so I designed this card for her.  Once I had the idea happening, I decided to make some more cards for my sale box.

I have used a retired stamp set called "Fun & Fast Notes" and Pacific Point and Rose Red card stock and inks.

Technique Class - Water colouring and Masking

The next Technique Class will be held on Saturday 30 June at 2.00 pm.  At this class we will make three cards using the stamp set Fifth Ave Floral.

We will learn the art of embossing and then water colouring on various kinds of cardstock and we will also use stamps from that stamp set to investigate the technique of masking.

Cost for this class will be $20 (cash) which will include all materials to make the three cards shown here and light refreshments.

Please contact me by email or on 04111 57969 to register for this class.

July Stamp-A-Stack

Now that I have returned from our overseas adventure I am ready to start classes again.

The next Stamp-A-Stack will be held on Saturday 21 July starting at 2.00 pm.  As per all SAS's we will be making 8 cards, 4 each of two different designs.  I have included images of the cards we will be making here. 

The first design uses an old favourite stamp set called Circle Circus.  The other design uses a stamp set called Flower Fest which is new to this year's catalogue.

If you are interested in joining me on Saturday 21 July to make these cards please send me an email and I will add your name to the list.

Cost of the SAS is $20.00 which includes all materials to make 8 cards and matching envelopes as well as a light refreshments.

A Birthday Card for Matthew

We will be travelling when Matthew's birthday comes around so I have made him a card with a list of gifts in it.

The card takes a French theme as we will be in France on his birthday.  It is a tri-fold card with images from stamp set both current and retired.

 

Cardstock: Confetti White, Old Olive & Soft Sued

Inks: Chocolate Chip.
Stamp sets: Viola (retired), Artistic Etchings & Curly Cute.  Bike not SU.
Accessories: DS Paper - Letters to Santa